[Wikimedia-l] Old maps of Jerusalem released

2015-12-19 Thread Michal Lester 
I am thrilled to share with you that The National Library of Israel had
> released a collection of 200 high-resolution unique maps[1] of Jerusalem
> in collaboration with Wikimedia Israel. This collection of ancient maps,
> spanning from 1486 to 1947, contains a variety of styles and languages. The
> maps released were celbrarted by a Mapathon in the National Library of
> Israel, a writinig contest in NOWP (initiated by Wikimedia Norway)[2] and
> a post in the Wikimaps community blog[3].
> The maps are beautiful! Take a peak.
> Happy holidays for those of you who celebrate at this time of the year!
>
> 
> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Laor_collection
> [2]
> https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ukens_konkurranse/Ukens_konkurranse_2015-52
> [3] http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi/
>
> *Regards,*
>
>
> *Michal Lester,*
>
> *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
> *http://www.wikimedia.org.il   *
> *972-50-8996046 ; 972-77-751-6032  *
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Old maps of Jerusalem released

2015-12-19 Thread Anna Torres 
What a great collection! Thanks and congrats!
El dic 19, 2015 1:53 PM, "Michal Lester" 
escribió:

> I am thrilled to share with you that The National Library of Israel had
> > released a collection of 200 high-resolution unique maps[1] of Jerusalem
> > in collaboration with Wikimedia Israel. This collection of ancient maps,
> > spanning from 1486 to 1947, contains a variety of styles and languages.
> The
> > maps released were celbrarted by a Mapathon in the National Library of
> > Israel, a writinig contest in NOWP (initiated by Wikimedia Norway)[2] and
> > a post in the Wikimaps community blog[3].
> > The maps are beautiful! Take a peak.
> > Happy holidays for those of you who celebrate at this time of the year!
> >
> > 
> > [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Laor_collection
> > [2]
> >
> https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ukens_konkurranse/Ukens_konkurranse_2015-52
> > [3] http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi/
> >
> > *Regards,*
> >
> >
> > *Michal Lester,*
> >
> > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
> > *http://www.wikimedia.org.il   *
> > *972-50-8996046 ; 972-77-751-6032  *
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Old maps of Jerusalem released

2015-12-19 Thread Jaime Anstee 
So cool! Thanks for sharing, Michal.

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On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Michal Lester 
wrote:

> I am thrilled to share with you that The National Library of Israel had
> > released a collection of 200 high-resolution unique maps[1] of Jerusalem
> > in collaboration with Wikimedia Israel. This collection of ancient maps,
> > spanning from 1486 to 1947, contains a variety of styles and languages.
> The
> > maps released were celbrarted by a Mapathon in the National Library of
> > Israel, a writinig contest in NOWP (initiated by Wikimedia Norway)[2] and
> > a post in the Wikimaps community blog[3].
> > The maps are beautiful! Take a peak.
> > Happy holidays for those of you who celebrate at this time of the year!
> >
> > 
> > [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Laor_collection
> > [2]
> >
> https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ukens_konkurranse/Ukens_konkurranse_2015-52
> > [3] http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi/
> >
> > *Regards,*
> >
> >
> > *Michal Lester,*
> >
> > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
> > *http://www.wikimedia.org.il   *
> > *972-50-8996046 ; 972-77-751-6032  *
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Old maps of Jerusalem released

2015-12-19 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal 
Wow!!!
Great effort.

Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Old maps of Jerusalem released

2015-12-19 Thread Austin Hair 
These are fantastic. Great work.

Austin

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Jaime Anstee  wrote:
> So cool! Thanks for sharing, Michal.
>
> --
>
> Jaime Anstee, Ph.D
> Senior Strategist
> Wikimedia Foundation
> +1.415.839.6885 ext 6869
> www.wikimediafoundation.org
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> *https://donate.wikimedia.org *
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Michal Lester 
> wrote:
>
>> I am thrilled to share with you that The National Library of Israel had
>> > released a collection of 200 high-resolution unique maps[1] of Jerusalem
>> > in collaboration with Wikimedia Israel. This collection of ancient maps,
>> > spanning from 1486 to 1947, contains a variety of styles and languages.
>> The
>> > maps released were celbrarted by a Mapathon in the National Library of
>> > Israel, a writinig contest in NOWP (initiated by Wikimedia Norway)[2] and
>> > a post in the Wikimaps community blog[3].
>> > The maps are beautiful! Take a peak.
>> > Happy holidays for those of you who celebrate at this time of the year!
>> >
>> > 
>> > [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Laor_collection
>> > [2]
>> >
>> https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ukens_konkurranse/Ukens_konkurranse_2015-52
>> > [3] http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi/
>> >
>> > *Regards,*
>> >
>> >
>> > *Michal Lester,*
>> >
>> > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
>> > *http://www.wikimedia.org.il   *
>> > *972-50-8996046 ; 972-77-751-6032  *
>> >
>> >
>> >
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